Michal Ždanský Emulators have a hard time in the App Store, and it's no wonder. Apple considers game system emulators illegal because they can run pirated copies of games, although the vast majority of these titles are no longer sold. Some developers try to sneak emulators as a hidden feature in an inconspicuous app, but such efforts barely last a day in the App Store. So far, the only solution has been a jailbreak.
GBA4iOS circumvents this limitation through a corporate certificate that allows app distribution outside of the App Store. You only need to grind from your iOS device to project pages and download an application that will request the installation of a certificate. A few hours after the publication, however, Apple canceled the certificate, and for a successful installation, it is necessary to set the date to February 18, 2014 even before downloading. You can then set the correct date back.
The emulator, which supports games from both Gameboy Advance and Gameboy Color, is quite good and in version 2.0 is also available for iPad. It allows you to upload your own skins for the virtual controller, as well as supporting physical game controllers for iOS 7. Games can be brought to it in three ways - by transferring data via iTunes, via Dropbox, which GBA4iOS integrates, or directly from the built-in browser, which will take you to to download ROM files.
The app also has some nice bonus features, such as saving game state regardless of in-game saves, or Event Distribution, a feature that opens up options not normally available in-game, such as trading between two Gameboys in Pokémon, thanks which can get special attacks or new Pokemon.
Many interesting titles were released on the Gameboy Advance that you won't find in the App Store, namely several editions of Pokémon, Super Mario Advance or a few parts of Legend of Zelda. However, keep in mind that it is only legal to download games that you physically own. Otherwise, this is piracy, which Jablíčkář does not support.
Great article. Thanks for the great type on the app! I finally own the pokemons I've always wanted to try. Thanks! :)
Pls how did you install it. I can not make it. The application is loading, it is downloaded, it starts to install, it finishes. And it writes "Unable to download app" GBA could not be installed at this time..why just why,:_!!!
GBA4iOS circumvents this limitation through a corporate certificate that allows app distribution outside of the App Store. All you have to do is go to the project page from your iOS device and download the application, which will require the installation of the certificate. A few hours after the publication, however, Apple canceled the certificate, and for a successful installation, it is necessary to set the date to February 18, 2014 even before downloading. You can then set the correct date back.